Help Center
Our products knowledge base for customers
Positions
Positions
Positions
widget has 5 tabs, there are:
- Positions - management for opened positions.
- Closed positions - contains all closed positions for the selected period.
- Orders - all data on your active orders is displayed here.
- Recent orders - this tab displays all data on your executed, rejected or cancelled orders.
- Cash positions - this tab is mainly for those who trade deliverable instruments, it shows the open currency position by day, i.e. the amounts that will come and go in the next few days for settlements on deliverable instruments.
- Assets - the tab displays detailed information about all assets in the account.
The gear button allows you to customize the visibility of the widget's tabs.
The button with the image of three bars in the Positions
, Closed Positions
, Orders
, Recent Orders
and Assets
tabs allows you to customize the visibility of columns in each of them.
Positions
The tab contains information about currently opened positions on the account.
The following columns are presented in the position table:
Name | Description |
---|---|
Instrument | name of an instrument you work with. |
Position ID | ID of the position in the system. |
Amount | amount of an instrument in position (in lots). |
Absolute amount | absolute amount of an instrument in position. |
Average | sum of prices of all trades in the position divided by the sum of all trades amounts. |
Breakeven | price at which the client can close the position without loss. |
Open Date | a date when position has been opened. |
Initial position value | average position volume since its opening. |
Total P/L | total profit/loss on the position, since its opening. |
Total P/L % | total profit/loss on the position in percentage, since its opening. Calculated as Total P/L / Initial position value * 100 |
Daily P/L | the result of your account for the current trading day. |
Daily P/L % | Daily P/L value expressed as a percentage. |
Market Price | market price of an instrument. |
Convert Price | revaluation rate to the currency that is specified in the PREFERRED CURRENCY setting. |
Market Value | the price an asset gets in a marketplace. |
Realized P/L | a position which has been initiated and then closed. |
Unrealized P/L | is a reflection of what profit or loss could be realized if the position were closed at that time. |
Detailed P/L | When clicking on "Details" you can see your P/L type, last result and Total of P/L. |
Side | shows the side of the position. |
Open Trade P/L | P/L for opening a position. |
Conversion rate | The rate at which the quote currency is converted into the account currency. |
Close Trade P/L | P/L calculated for the part of the position that was closed. |
If you click on the name of the instrument in the widget, the table will display information about the trades that formed the position:
The following information is displayed for trades in the position:
Title | Description |
---|---|
Type | details of the time and date the trade was opened |
Amount | the amount of the instrument in the trade |
Rate | the price of the instrument in the trade |
Market Value | market value of the instrument in the trade (calculated as amount of instrument in the trade * market value of the instrument * conversion rate) |
Unrealized P/L | profit or loss that could have been received on the trade if the position had been closed at the moment |
Click on Details
in the position of interest to view its last and total swaps (if the position is swapped) as well as open and close trade PL:
The widget provides a possibility to set Stop Loss and Take Profit orders (the Add
buttons in the S/L
and T/P
columns). Clicking on the button will open a sidepage for placing such orders:
Field name | Description |
---|---|
Trade date | trade date for the instrument |
Trade amount | trade amount for the instrument (specified in the format amount of instrument in the trade@instrument price at the moment of the trade) |
Market price | current market price of buying and selling of the instrument |
Price type | When entering a price, the system will calculate the expected profit/loss when making a trade at this price. Estimated profit or loss can be calculated either by Average price or by Market price. |
S/L | price set in Stop Loss order |
Expected loss | loss on the position in case of Stop Loss order execution |
T/P | price set in Take Profit order |
Expected profit | profit on the position in case of Take Profit order execution |
After clicking the ADD button, the corresponding orders will be placed in the system.
The widget has an option to close all positions of the selected category (CLOSE button next to the category name).
The option to partially close positions is also available:
The PARTIAL CLOSE button appears when hovering over a line with a position. Clicking on it opens the position close sidepage. In the fields of the Close position size
block you can specify the amount of the instrument or the percentage of the existing position for placing a counter order at the market price.
The following fields are also represented in the sidepage:
Field name | Description |
---|---|
Position size | the size of an existing position in the instrument |
Market price | market price of the instrument |
PL | current profit/loss on the position |
Trading schedule | trading schedule for the instrument |
After clicking the CLOSE POSITION button, an order will be placed at the market price of the instrument.
If you hover the cursor over the position status in the table, a corresponding window with a notification appears if the exchange is closed:
Position management
Clicking the MANAGE button opposite any of the open positions opens the position management menu:
The Partial close button opens a sidepage that shows the main details of the position and provides the ability to close the position in whole or in part by entering a numerical or percentage value of the volume in the appropriate field.
When you click the Close position button (if the entire position volume is selected) or Reduce position (if the specified volume is less than the entire position volume), the corresponding part of the position will be closed.
The Position details button opens a sidepage with position details, which displays the indicators included in the table columns:
The S/L
and T/P
blocks allow you to set stop-loss and take-profit values for a position, respectively.
- When you set a value and click Save, an order with the specified values will be placed.
- When you click Cancel, the order will be canceled.
The Trades
block displays a list of trades in the position and the main indicators for each of them:
Name | Description |
---|---|
Date | Date the trade was created in the system. |
Volume | The volume of the trade in the position. |
Rate | The price at which the trade was formed. |
Market Value | The price of the trade (Volume x Rate ). |
Unrealized P/L | Profit/loss on the trade that will be realized if the trade is closed at the current moment. |
Indicator calculations
Open Trade PL
= (First Open Trade Amount x First Open Rate + N-th Open Trade Amount x N-th Open Rate) - Total Trade Amount x Market Rate.
Close Trade P/L
= Total P/L
- Open Trade PL
+ Position commission + Position swap
Average
= (Volume of the first trade * Price of the first trade + ... + Volume of the n-th trade * Price of the n-th trade) / (Volume of the first trade + ... + Volume of the n-th trade)
Please note! Only trades that increase the position are included in the calculation and are calculated modulo.
Also note! For shares in pounds, the calculation is done in pence. For correct calculation according to the formula, the obtained value should be multiplied by 100.
Closed positions
The table contains information about closed positions.
The filter in the upper part of the tab allows you to specify the time range for which a selection of closed positions will be formed.
Name | Description |
---|---|
Instrument | the name of the instrument for which the position was closed |
Position ID | position identifier in the system |
Amount | the amount of the instrument in the position |
Absolute amount | the amount of the instrument in the position, calculated modulo |
Side | Buy or Sell |
Detailed P/L | if you click on Details in the column, the information on profits and losses received at position closing will be displayed |
Open trade ID | opening trade identifier in the system |
Open order ID | opening order identifier in the system (if any) |
Open price | price of the instrument at the moment of position opening |
Open time | date and time of position opening |
Open date | position opening date |
Close trade ID | closing trade identifier in the system |
Close order ID | closing order identifier in the system (if any) |
Close price | instrument price at the moment of position closing |
Close time | date and time of position closing |
Trade Date | the date of formation of the trade that closes the position |
Closed trade P/L | P/L of the closing trade in the currency of the asset, calculated for the part of the position that was closed. |
Orders
The table contains information about the placed orders.
Table contents:
Name | Description |
---|---|
Instrument | name of the instrument for which the order was placed |
ID | ID of the placed order |
Side | side of the placed order (buy or sell) |
Amount | amount of instrument in the placed order |
Order price | price of the instrument specified in the placed order |
Stop price | instrument price at which the placed order will be executed (for orders with Stop type) |
S/L | Stop Loss price specified in the order |
T/P | Take Profit price specified in the order |
Filled | the price at which the order was executed |
Filled | volume and percentage of the executed order |
Trailing Stop | triggering price of the trailing stop order |
Type | type of placed order |
Duration | duration of the placed order |
Status | status of the placed order |
Value date | value date of the instrument |
Last quote time | the time when the system received the last quote for the instrument before the order was placed |
Client request time | time of clicking the BUY/SELL button |
Created | time of actual order placement in the system |
Expiration time | expiration time of the order, if specified (for orders with GTD duration) |
Execute on expiration | for orders with Trailing Stop type. If the expiration date set in the order expires - it is executed |
Remaining | remaining amount of instrument in the order (if the order is partially executed) |
Execution type | order execution type (can be executed automatically or manually by the broker, some orders can combine both types of execution) |
Use Hedge position | the value Yes is assigned if the account is traded in Hedge mode |
Comment | the comment specified in the order |
Please note! Values in the fieldsAmount
,Order price
andStop price
can be edited by clicking on the value in the field.
The CANCEL ALL button in the upper right corner of the widget allows you to cancel all placed orders.
The trash can button allows you to cancel a specific placed order.
The CHAT button opens a chat with the broker on the placed order.
Recent orders
This tab contains information about already executed trade orders:
In the date filter you can specify the period for which the orders in the table will be displayed.
When selecting one or several instruments in the table, the line next to the date filter will display summary information (trade volume, average price of the instrument in trades and number of fully executed trades) on orders with it.
The composition of the table is similar to that in the table of orders, except for information about trailing stop orders, which is not represented here.
Cash positions
The tab contains information about the assets in the account that differ from the account currency:
In the filter, you can specify the date for which the table will display asset information.
Name | Description |
---|---|
Asset | an asset for which a profit or loss has been formed on the account. |
Total | the amount of profit or loss in the currency of the asset. |
(USD) equivalent | the equivalent of the total profit or loss in the currency of the account. |
Position on (date specified in the filter) | the amount of profit or loss in the currency of the asset on the specified date. |
(USD) equivalent | the equivalent of the profit or loss in the currency of the account on the specified date. |
Assets
In the Assets
section you can see the value of the account assets, as well as choose the form of their appearance. Three options are available:
Name | Description |
---|---|
All | the amount of assets is shown in the original form, as well as converted into USD. |
Origin | the amount of assets are displayed in the original form. |
Converted | assets amounts are displayed in converted to USD. |
In the Assets
tab, you can see summary information for each asset:
Name | Description |
---|---|
Type / Code | asset type and code. |
Current Balance | volume in the base currency of the asset and in terms of the account currency. |
Blocked | the amount of blocked funds for a specific asset. |
Converted price | the conversion rate of the asset price to USD. |
Available | the amount of available funds for a specific asset. |
Future balance | volume of future balance of a certain asset, taking into account the current balance and future cash flow. |
Margin balance | total amount of marginal funds on a specific asset. |
Margin usage | volume of margin funds, which are used in orders or positions on a specific asset. |
Order margin | volume of margin funds, used in orders on a specific asset. |
Leverage | current leverage used in orders or positions on a specific asset. |
Delayed settlements | future settlements on an asset. Occurs when a transaction already exists but settlements have not yet been made. |